What if you could "design" a chemical substance that had such a technical complexity that only a few molecular biochemists could understand it. What if you started with some "recognized-as-safe" food or common additive and then just changed the molecule a "tiny bit." What if you didn't even try to make any health claims for this new substance, but just added it to some bulk material you sold to the "food trade."
Just such a "food" was designed more than 100 years ago -- it tasted good because it had an addictive drug as one of the ingredients -- it was sold all over the US until people caught on and the makers had to take that cocaine out of their Coca Cola! Early on Coca Cola actually contained cocaine == that's where it got the name. Now the addictive ingredients are sugar, caffeine and sugar substitutes! The filthy origin of Coca Cola is one of those well-known secrets. The sins of its past don't guarantee that the sin continues, but there is so much fresh evidence of the evil of Coca Cola that any person who drinks it is obviously unaware of its history, or its harm!
What if you could "design" a chemical substance that had such a technical complexity that only a few molecular biochemists could understand it. What if you started with some "recognized-as-safe" food or common additive and then just changed the molecule a "tiny bit." What if you didn't even try to make any health claims for this new substance, but just added it to some bulk material you sold to the "food trade."
Just such a "food" was designed more than 100 years ago -- it tasted good because it had an addictive drug as one of the ingredients -- it was sold all over the US until people caught on and the makers had to take that cocaine out of their Coca Cola!Early on Coca Cola actually contained cocaine == that's where it got the name. Now the addictive ingredients are sugar, caffeine and sugar substitutes! The filthy origin of Coca Cola is one of those well-known secrets. The sins of its past don't guarantee that the sin continues, but there is so much fresh evidence of the evil of Coca Cola that any person who drinks it is obviously unaware of its history, or its harm!